Thailand launches upstream forestation

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BANGKOK, February 16 (TNA) - Thailand has launched an upstream forestation project, as part of the government's solution to inundation problems on a sustainable basis.

Thai authorities speed up flood prevention

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PITSANULOK, February 14 (TNA) - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered serious flood prevention in all flood-prone areas, focusing on reforestation, warning systems and effective water drai

Thailand to resolve floods on sustainable basis

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BANGKOK, February 11 (TNA) - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Friday that her government planned reforestation to solve Thailand's flooding problems on a sustainable basis.

Thai government centralizes water management authority

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BANGKOK, February 7 (TNA) - Thai Government Spokesperson Thitima announced Tuesday that a regulation of the Prime Minister’s Office has been approved for the establishment of a one-stop government

Thailand ready to cope with new round of floods

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BANGKOK, February 2 (TNA) - Thailand has put in place preventive measures against any repeated round of floods; while a water management expert says that the country's water situation in the upcomi

Thailand's flood victims to get BAAC financial support

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BANGKOK, January 31 (TNA) - Thailand's Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperative (BAAC) is borrowing 60 billion baht from the Bank of Thailand (BOT) to provide soft loans to local flood vict

Thailand remains at risk of floods until 2014

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BANGKOK, January 31 (TNA) - A senior Thai water expert has cautioned that the country remains at risk of repeated floods over the next three years, but lessons learned from a worst flooding crisis

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